The Scoop: A Weekend Full Of State Championship Action

Wayzata Sweeps Minnesota State Title Races

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Out in Minnesota on Saturday at the state championships, it was a showing of the ages for the Wayzata program.

In the Class AAA boys and girls races, Wayzata swept the top spots on the team podium to highlight the championships.

Like she's done all-season, Abbey Nechanicky stole the show once again the girls race, winning in a new meet record of 16:47.61.

Nechanicky became the only girl to ever go under 17 minutes for 5k at the state meet and on the St. Olaf course, breaking the previous record of 17:03.40 set by former state great Emily Covert in 2018. It's also the Colorado commit's first individual state win of her high school career.

And Nechanicky also came away as a winner with her team, too. Wayzata scored just 39 points to win the meet by 50 points, putting four runners inside the top 20 overall finishers to secure a title.

TEAM SCORES
PLACE	TEAM	POINTS	SCORERS	TIMES
1	Wayzata High School	39	1+6+8+10+14 (19+25)	2:16 1-5 Split | 18:14 Avg
2	Minnetonka High School	89	4+5+18+27+35 (42+45)	1:20 1-5 Split | 18:56 Avg
3	Mounds View High School	127	7+9+21+32+58 (75+87)	1:43 1-5 Split | 19:07 Avg

The boys AAA race saw a similar narrative unfold as the Wayzata boys also came out victorious in the team battle.

57 points and a 15:46 team average propelled Wayzata to a sweep of the girls and boys races, led by their top finisher Hamza Mohamed in fourth place with a time of 15:28.06. 

In the AAA boys individual race, it was Aidan Jones of Minneapolis Washburn who won in 15:11.73 -- the fourth-fastest time ever recorded at a Minnesota state meet.

TEAM SCORES
PLACE	TEAM	POINTS	SCORERS	TIMES
1	Wayzata High School	57	3+6+11+16+21 (46+66)	0:42 1-5 Split | 15:46 Avg
2	Rosemount High School	98	4+13+14+15+52 (64+67)	1:17 1-5 Split | 15:58 Avg
3	Lakeville North High School	103	5+19+20+23+36 (61+82)	0:57 1-5 Split | 16:07 Avg